At the very top end of motherboard performance, the P9X79 series from ASUS brings you complete power, enhanced with unmatched flexibility & boundless tuning possibilities. These new boards launch with the world’s first digital power controls for both the CPU & memory, thanks to exclusive ASUS New DIGI+ Power Control Technology. They further put power right in your hand via UEFI BIOS, the most detailed & accessible BIOS ever, allowing you to tune your system to its full performance potential. While user-friendly from the ground-up, the P9X79 Series ships with the latest features, including exclusive ASUS SSD caching for one-click performance boosting through the benefits of solid state drive technology. You also get USB (Universal Serial Bus) BIOS Flashback for the easiest ever BIOS modification – all it takes is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) stick & one button press! Sign up for total power & performance insight with the new ASUS P9X79 Series. The world’s first Dual Intelligent Processors from ASUS pioneered twin on board chips – TPU (Turbo V Processing Unit) & EPU (Energy Processing Unit). Third generation Dual Intelligent Processors with New DIGI+ Power Control include two digital voltage regulator modules (VRMs). An all-new digital controller now allows ultra-precise DRAM tuning. EPU provides system energy saving & real time power management. TPU delivers a second micro-processor to free CPU resources as well as easy O.C. & an instant performance boost through an on-board switch or the easy O.C. tool, Turbo V EVO. ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 3 with New DIGI+ Power Control: CPU Power: Industry leading Digital 8+2 Phase Power Design & CPU Power Utility DRAM Power: Industry leading Digital 2+2 Phase Power Design & DRAM Power Utility ASUS EPU & EPU switch: Automatically provides the most appropriate power usage to save power & money. ASUS TPU with Auto Tuning & Turbo V with Switch: Providing simple steps to easy overclocking. ASUS BT GO!: Bluetooth on-board for easy Folder Sync, BT Transfer, Shot & Send, BT to Net, Music Player, Personal Manager, BT Turbo Remote ASUS EFI BIOS (EZ Mode): The most flexible & easy to use Bios. ASUS SSD Caching: 3x Faster storage performance with one click USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Boost: Make USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 speeds faster than ever (UASP Mode) Front Panel USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Support: Support for cases with front USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Mem OK!: Quickly ensures memory boot compatibility with failsafe settings. AI Suite II: One stop access to all Asus features. Ai Charger: Faster USB (Universal Serial Bus) charging speed. Fanless Design: Silent Heat-sink solution Fan Xpert+: Smart thermal control via fan speed detection. ASUS Q-Code: Allows easy fault diagnosis ASUS Q-Shield: Extra Secure I/O Shield ASUS Q-Slot: Easy access expansion slots. ASUS Q-DIMM: Easy access dimm slots. ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED): ASUS Q-Connector: Easy access front panel connector USB (Universal Serial Bus) BIOS Flashback: Flash your Bios in 1 easy step, no CPU or RAM required. ASUS O.C. Profile: Easily store multiple overclock profiles. Crash Free BIOS 3: Restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB (Universal Serial Bus) flash disk EZ Flash 2: Easily update your systems bios firmware. My Logo 2: Update your own windows boot screen. Percision Tweaker 2: Advanced overclocking tools. Multi-language BIOS: easily change Bios to your language. Asus Overclocking
Features: Precision Tweaker 2:
- v Core: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.005V increment
- v TTCPU: Adjustable I/O voltage at 0.00625V increment
- v CCSA: 255-step system agent voltage control - v DRAM Bus: 160-step Memory voltage control
- v PCH: 96-step Chipset voltage control
- v CPU_PLL: 48-step CPU & PCH PLL voltage control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- BCLK/PEG frequency tuning from 80 M Hz up to 300 M Hz at 0.1 M Hz increment Overclocking Protection:
- ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Key specification: Form Factor: ATX, 12”x 9.6” (30.5cm x 24.4cm) CPU: Intel Socket 2011 for 2nd Generation Intel Core i 7 Processor Extreme Edition, Supports Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Chipset: Intel X79 Express Chipset Memory: 8 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR3 2400 (O.C.)/2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, Non-ECC, un-buffered Quad channel Memory Expansion Slots: 3 x PCIe 3.0 x 16 slots (dual @ x 16/x 16; triple @ x 16/x 8/x 8), 1 x PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot (PCIe x 16_3 @ x 8 speed), 2 x PCIe 2.0 x 1 slots Multi-GPU: Supports NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ & AMD Quad-GPU Cross Fire X Technology Storage 1: Intel X79 Express Chipset: 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10 support, 4 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10 support Storage 2: Marvell 9128 SATA controller: 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports Storage 3: ASMedia 1061 SATA controller: 2 x Power e SATA 6 Gb/s ports LAN: Intel 82579V Gigabit LAN controller Audio: Realtek ALC 898 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC Supports 192k Hz/ 24bit BD Lossless Sound USB: 3 x ASMedia USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 controllers: 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0/2.0 ports at mid-board for front panel support: 4 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel with 1 additional VIA Super Speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) USB: Intel X79 Express Chipset: 12 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel) BT & Wi Fi: Bluetooth V2.1+EDR with ASUS BT GO! Utility, NO WIFI Bios
Features: 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, Pn P, DMI2.0, Wf M2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS Crash Free BIOS 3 Manageability: Wf M 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE * This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC Back Panel I/O Ports: 1 x Bluetooth module 1 x Optical S/PDIF Output port 1 x LAN (RJ-45) port 2 x Power e SATA 6G ports 4 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0/2.0 ports (blue) 6 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) BIOS Flashback button 8-channel Audio I/O Internal I/O Connectors: 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0/2.0 connector support additional 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports (19-pin) 3 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1/1 connectors support additional 6 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports 4 x SATA 6 Gb/s connectors 4 x SATA 3 Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin) 1 x CPU Opt Fan connectors (4-pin) 4 x Chassis Fan connectors (4-pin) 1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP) 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x Clear CMOS button 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector 1 x 8-pin EATX 12V Power connector 1 x System Panel (Q-Connector) 1 x Mem OK! Button 1 x EPU switch 1 x TPU switch 1 x PWR button 1 x Reset button